Ok, taking photos of cute little kittens may seem like a slam dunk in the 'how can I go wrong?' category. But have you tried it lately? I first photographed kittens about 20 years ago. My friend's cat had a litter of adorable kittens and needed photos to adopt them out. Not realizing it at the time, the kittens were the perfect age (about 1-2 weeks older than the little guys seen here). I know I did well, as using this exact same background I had several of the resulting photos published in a wall version of the "365 Cats a Year" calendar, as well as the desktop version (1 photo per day).
Not remembering the events too well after 20 years, I recently had the opportunity to try again. Well, the experience came flooding back as kitty after kitty took a dive off the platform and wouldn't sit still. Yes, my kids and friends were helping, but with 7 kittens and 8 hands, we still seemed outnumbered. If you look at the entire photo set, you'll notice that we were 1-2 weeks early, as a few kitties couldn't focus their eyes, and it's almost spooky in a few of the photos.
If you decide to try, get a decent background, have lights ready to go, lots of helping hands, and go for the magic minute where the kittens are too tired to run off, but still have their eyes open. And have fun, you're photographing kittens! : )
Too cute!!
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